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POLITICO wrote that Greece signed a €3 billion defense deal with Israel, called Achilles Shield. It was given directly to Israeli firms, with no competing bids. Even EU procurement rules normally wants open competition. The deal includes sensors, interceptors, surveillance tech, and more.

tldr; NL sold less to US but actually bought more from them, mainly fuel.

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After like the 5th website I was using got taken down while I’ve been trying to watch Detective Conan, I might have just been ground down to the point of paying for anime rather than pirating it. I would just buy the DVDs obviously, but at 1,200 episodes, I don’t see myself justifying the price of it!

Renault’s value brand Dacia is switching production of its low-cost Dacia Spring EV to Europe from China so it can benefit from French subsidies, the company announced. Priced at €17,900 for the base model ($20,789), the Spring will cost as little as €12,200 ($14,169) after French EV credits are applied. Dacia has also redesigned the Spring, making it sit a little higher and adding some sporty allure with a more muscular body design.

The European Union will suspend imports of Brazilian meat and other animal products from Thursday, pending assurances from Brazil that it is complying with the bloc’s animal health rules.

Germany’s openDesk — a sovereign, open-source office and collaboration suite — is being rolled out across public administration. Here is what it includes and why it matters.

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The European Union will suspend imports of Brazilian meat and other animal products from Thursday, citing concerns over Brazil’s compliance with EU rules on antibiotic use in livestock. The move affects poultry, beef, eggs and honey, with Brussels offering no timeline for when trade can resume.

Since 1 July, the EU has levied a €3 customs duty on parcels worth under €150 and the measure is already biting as imports, especially from China, have slumped by 30% to 40%.

Think about this given what happened this week with the fascist US government designating Autistici/Inventati – an anti-fascist Italian .org providing internet support to activists – as terrorists, sanctioning them, and knocking them off the Internet (solely by weaponizing Executive Order 13224 which was established shortly after 9/11 to target ruthless assassins)

“"” An open source project the size of Lemmy needs constant work to manage the project, implement new features and fix bugs. Dessalines and Nutomic work full-time on these tasks and more. As there is no advertising or tracking, all of our work is funded through donations. Even so there is barely enough time in the day, and no time for a second job. The only available option are user donations. To keep it viable donations need to reach a minimum of 5000€ per month, resulting in a modest salary of 2500€ per developer. If that goal is reached we can stop worrying about money, and fully focus on improving the software for the benefit of all users and instances. We especially rely on recurring donations to secure the long-term development and make Lemmy the best it can be.

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The US campaign against the ICC shows how easily a person’s entire digital life can be deleted by executive order. Here’s why that matters for where you store your data.

The EU wants to decrease reliance on American technology. Here’s what happened when a POLITICO reporter tried to live and work without it.

A new €2 handling fee will be introduced on parcels ordered from outside the European Union from November.

Region generated $2tn in 2025 as southern Europe led growth

The EU has put open source at the centre of its technology sovereignty strategy. Access to code can reduce lock-in and improve scrutiny, but ownership, hosting, maintenance and exit capacity still decide how much control a cloud buyer really has. Here is how to assess the difference.

TLDR: it’s a spec bump for the processor and RAM. One question I personally had is does that mean the motherboard is backward compatible with the og FP6?

Mistral is bringing together the inference infrastructure, open models, and long-term commitments Europe needs to control its AI future, and setting a roadmap for the world.

Gartner expects European sovereign cloud spending to grow 83% in 2026 and to more than triple by 2027. Behind the headline number is a practical shift: maturing European providers, wider choice and a stronger negotiating position. Here is what the growth actually buys a mid-sized company.

Maybe an interesting addition to the European alternatives’ list.

So nearly a year ago I’ve asked here if the BPS Finn Lite was worth the buy.

I thought this was worth preserving, even though many on here probably no longer need it, others might. I still found a lot of it helpful.

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Crossposted from https://piefed.world/c/technology/p/1300905/ai-labels-to-be-compulsory-on-authentic-looking-content-under-eu-rules

A citizens’ initiative regarding Finland’s security of supply for critical digital services is progressing to parliament for consideration.

Linux and LibreOffice as daily drivers are used in the Data Protection and Document Managment Department at the Technical University of Vienna in Austria - not because it was ordered from above but because the team decided that those are the correct tools for their job. Other departments in the university administration are now set to follow.

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Domyn - an Italian company specialized in researching and developing responsible artificial intelligence (AI) for regulated industries, including financial services, government and heavy industry - plans to release a fully open-source AI model within a year, aiming for one of the most advanced “frontier” systems available. CEO Uljan Sharka laid out the timeline on Thursday. The push is part of Europe’s drive to lean less on foreign-hosted AI.

22 July 2026. GreenX Metals Limited (ASX:GRX, LSE:GRX, GPW:GRX, Germany-FSE:A3C9JR) (GreenX or the Company) is pleased to announce that fieldwork has commenced at its Eleonore North project in East Greenland (Eleonore North or Project). The exploration program is targeting gold (Au), tungsten (W), and antimony (Sb).

Boosting transatlantic ties is a ‘moral imperative’ amid geopolitical turmoil, says minister for mineral-rich Canadian province.

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A privacy-first Git hosting platform for developers who refuse to let their source code train someone else’s model. Drop-in replacement for your existing Git workflow — but your repositories stay strictly within the EU.

Most “EU” tools route hosting, DNS or email through a US provider. EuroSeal checks yours and turns it into a badge you can show.